Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Brazil News

The teenager told the police she confessed to clear her conscience and avoid being tried as an adult once she turns 18, the police commander in the city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Mauro Truzzi, told the media.

Sixteen-year-old Andre Oliveira da Paz worked in a mechanic's shop and was the main breadwinner in his family when he and three friends were shot and killed by Sao Paulo police at a traffic stop.

Acupuncture may help pregnant women who experience dyspepsia by alleviating their symptoms and reducing the need for medication, according to a study published in the June issue of Acupuncture in Medicine .

SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO, Brazil, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rodobens Negocios Imobiliarios , an integrated real estate developer and homebuilder with more than 17 years of operations and a focus on cities in the interior of Brazil, discloses today its audited results for the first quarter of 2009 .

Abstract OBJECTIVES: To explore tuberculosis risks in relation to potential determinants in the city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo State, Brazil; to analyse morbidity and mortality indicators in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, and to determine the relationship between the risk of TB and socio-economic level using a geo-referenced information system ...

Brazilian police Monday seized 903 kg of cocaine and arrested at least 13 people in an operation aimed at breaking up an international drug trafficking ring operating in the country.

Project launches in 2007-2008 were 50% higher than targets at IPO time SAO JOSE DO RIO PRETO, Brazil, Jan.